Tag: Villa Kitty
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It Will Be Meowvellous
Bali Sep. 4, 2019 Australian Elizabeth Henzell, from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, is a fixture in Ubud and runs Villa Kitty at Lod Tunduh, although it might be more accurate to say that it runs her, since that’s the way of much charity work in Bali. She would modestly demur, no doubt, at the…
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The Doolally Squad
HECTOR’S DIARY Titbits from his regular diet of worms The Cage, Bali Sunday, May 20, 2018 IT’S hard to know what to write about the Surabaya bombings. Doubtless there are those who would advise against writing anything about them. But that won’t do. Perhaps we could start by saying that at least…
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That Other Kuta
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Lombok / Bali Oct. 26, 2016 IT’S quieter and rather less crowded than Kuta Bali, though it has grown a little. There’s something that resembles a main street with an Indomaret supermarket and a few other junior emporiums. The warungs along the beach, those…
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They’re a Scream
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali Aug. 17, 2016 If the acquisitive cartel of private interests and public officials that really runs Bali wants to turn the island into Disneyland, it must be conceded (through gritted teeth) that they can. The electoral check on such excess is even…
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Something’s Missing
HECTOR’S DIARY His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bali, Aug. 3, 2016 Young Australians and alcohol have a habit of not mixing very well. It’s a part of the national kaleidoscope that fractures the preferred public image of the land down under and reveals the reality of Australia today. It’s not only…
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Aug. 20, 2014
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Trash Can be Beautiful A month or so back we dropped in on a Green Drinks meeting in Ubud organized by organic food guru and long-time Ubud luminary Darsih Gede. It was an interesting and inspiring occasion. The presentation was on the then forthcoming Bali…
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Oct. 16, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences May The Farce Be With You We were going to be nice about it all, really we were. APEC, we mean. It was so important to Bali, after all. All those lovely delegates were sure to be so impressed by the event and the island…
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser Aug. 21, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Dancing on an Ethereal Stage It is always tragic when someone young and full of life is taken from us by that inevitable final caller, death. It is doubly so when the person concerned has been among the brightest talents around. So it is with…
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